Some years ago I baked my own bread but that got to be too much trouble so I bought a Bread Baking Machine. It was ok but the loaves were too small so I bought a bigger one.
It made white bread ok but I am a Sourdough nut and the machine made lousy sourdough not nearly as good as from the in-store bakery and, to add insult to injury, it cost more. I put the damned machine away where it is taking up valuable shelf space. Someday I'll gather up all the unused junk and give it away.
Now, in my dotage, I buy sourdough bread in the in-store bakery. I have found that Rhodes frozen dough makes pretty good bread. IOW I'm too lazy to bake my own bread.
Do you ever make fried dough? I absoloutely love it. Come to think of it, that might have been one of my "favorites" which contributed to blocked arteries. :-)
I'll still do it about once a year and put up with the resultant heartburn and bloating.
I was disappointed with the bread machines, too. Mine is stashed in an upper cupboard taking up space, too. But, not for too long. I plan to send mine overseas, to the troops, with some bread machine mixes.
No, I never have. As Dave will recall, I don't do any frying at home. :o)